GRE Word List
GAUNT
excessively thin and angular
The meaning of the word gaunt is excessively thin and angular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| gush | to issue copiously or violently |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |