GRE Word List
AGAPE
wide open : gaping
The meaning of the word agape is wide open : gaping.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| handsome | having a pleasing and usually impressive or dignified appearance |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| wry | twist |
| 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 |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| coalition | the act of coalescing : union |