GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
Random words
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parity | the quality or state of being equal or equivalent |
energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
wilt | loose freshness; droop |
incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |