GRE Word List

GAPE

to open the mouth wide

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

Random words

WordMeaning
hideousoffensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
piqueto excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement
quandarya state of perplexity or doubt
microcosma little world
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
retainto keep in possession or use
busta sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast