GRE Word List
GESTICULATION
the act of making gestures
The meaning of the word gesticulation is the act of making gestures.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |