GRE Word List
GLOAT
to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
The meaning of the word gloat is to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |