GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| brook | creek |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |