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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |