GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |