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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| savant | a person of learning |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| wont | accustomed |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |