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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|---|---|
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| pitfall | trap |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| scintilla | spark |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |