GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| silt | loose sedimentary material with rock particles usually ¹/₂₀ millimeter or less in diameter |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |