GRE Word List
GAIT
a manner of walking or moving on foot
The meaning of the word gait is a manner of walking or moving on foot.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| modish | fashionable |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| exploit | deed |