GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| dilute | attenuate |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |