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 |
|---|---|
| shuffle | to mix in a mass confusedly : jumble |
| swill | wash |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |