GRE Word List
WRETCH
a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune
The meaning of the word wretch is a miserable person : one who is profoundly unhappy or in great misfortune.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| pore | to gaze intently |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |