GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| partiality | the quality or state of being partial : bias |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |