GRE Word List
GAPE
to open the mouth wide
The meaning of the word gape is to open the mouth wide.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| pending | during |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |