GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| fauna | animal life |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |