GRE Word List
GESTICULATION
the act of making gestures
The meaning of the word gesticulation is the act of making gestures.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| obscure | dark |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |