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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| microcosm | a little world |
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| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |