GRE Word List
WOEFUL
full of woe : grievous
The meaning of the word woeful is full of woe : grievous.
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| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
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| tatter | to make ragged |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
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