GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
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| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |