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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
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| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
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