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 |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| actuary | clerk |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |