GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |