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 |
|---|---|
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| approbation | commendation |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| grate | grating |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |