GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
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| seemly | good-looking |
| bulk | magnitude |
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| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
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| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
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