GRE Word List

GAMBOL

to skip about in play : frisk

The meaning of the word gambol is to skip about in play : frisk.

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animadversiona critical and usually censorious remark
vertebrateany 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
misogamya hatred of marriage
zesta piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring
checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
quailany of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting