GRE Word List
GAWK
a clumsy stupid person : lout
The meaning of the word gawk is a clumsy stupid person : lout.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| daub | to cover or coat with soft adhesive matter : plaster |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| flounder | flatfish |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| untenable | not able to be defended |