GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
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taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
mystic | mystical |
deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
knoll | a small round hill : mound |
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shambles | a meat market |
gambit | a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position |
usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
rasp | to rub with something rough |