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 |
|---|---|
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |