GRE Word List
GLOAT
express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels.
The meaning of the word gloat is express evil satisfaction; look at or think about with evil satisfaction; view malevolently; Ex. The thief gloated over the stolen jewels..
Random words
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dawdle | loiter; hang around; waste time doing nothing |
incriminate | accuse of or implicate in a crime; serve as evidence against; cause to seem or make guilty of a crime; Ex. incriminating evidence |
blunt | having a dull edge; abrupt and frank in speech or manner; brusque; V: make or become blunt |
indelible | not able to be erased |
relic | surviving remnant (from an extinct culture); memento; keepsake; relics: corpse; Ex. ancient relics; Ex. relics of his travel; Ex. His relics are buried at X. |
conspire | take part in a conspiracy; (of events) work together; combine; Ex. Events conspired to produce great difficulties. |
cadaverous | like a corpse; pale |
fervid | ardent; zealous; hot |
impasse | predicament(dangerous condition) from which there is no escape; situation allowing for no further progress |
aviary | enclosure for birds; large cage |