GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |