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 |
|---|---|
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |