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 |
|---|---|
| dilate | to become enlarged or widened |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| ossify | to change into bone |
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| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| lax | loose |
