GRE Word List
GAMBOL
to skip about in play : frisk
The meaning of the word gambol is to skip about in play : frisk.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| check | to inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |