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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
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| romp | one that romps |
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| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| sheer | unqualified |