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 |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| championship | designation as champion |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |