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Comes from the obsolete word Agast which means to frighten. Agast is based on the Old English word gast meaning spirit, ghost.
Gast is also the root for ghastly & ghost.
Pronounced as Uh + Gast (rhyming with Past) {Listen to it here}
Situational Uses / Sentences:
- An accident has left the team @ WeboWord aghast, which is the cause of the delay in our daily content posting. Your support makes our world go round!
- Insurers aghast at new accounting rules – Source: Eurointelligence
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I’m a English learner. Plz, correct my sentence if it has any flaw. – I’m aghast at abrupt emergence of my boss while i study Weboword in my work place.
Hey
Glad to have you learn English with us.
With regard to the word usage, there is absolutely no flaw in it. Well done!
However, gramatically there may be small changes. Have a look at the following sentence:
I was aghast at the abrupt emergence of my boss while I studied WeboWord at my work place.
Look forward to your sentence with the word – Recede.
Happy Vocab building.
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