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 |
|---|---|
| ravenous | rapacious |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |