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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verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
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fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
swellto expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb