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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WordMeaning
conceitfavorable opinion
stenchstink
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
ventto provide with a vent
xenophobiafear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign
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harassexhaust
harbingersomething that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come