GRE Word List
GASTRONOMY
the art or science of good eating
The meaning of the word gastronomy is the art or science of good eating.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |