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 |
|---|---|
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |