GRE Word List

AGAPE

wide open : gaping

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

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libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
sublimatesublime
douseto plunge into water
palpitateto beat rapidly and strongly : throb
fidelitythe quality or state of being faithful
wanderluststrong longing for or impulse toward wandering
suffragistone who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women
scuttlea shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce)
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
nonplusa state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary