GRE Word List
TRAUMATIC
psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems
The meaning of the word traumatic is psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems.
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| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
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| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| pitfall | trap |
| clavicle | a bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |