GRE Word List

AGAPE

wide open : gaping

The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.

Random words

WordMeaning
disquietudeanxiety
narrativesomething that is narrated : story
compendiuma brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
severitythe quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh
relishcharacteristic flavor
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
malapropismthe usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase
effaceto eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface