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 |
|---|---|
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| flighty | swift |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
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| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |