GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |