GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
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frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
dolt | a stupid person |
infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
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promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |