GRE Word List

GAPE

to open the mouth wide

The meaning of the word gape is to open the mouth wide.

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WordMeaning
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
boundfastened by or as if by a band : confined
ennuia feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom
eugenicrelating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
embedto enclose closely in or as if in a matrix
ethnologya branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures
wardthe action or process of guarding