GRE Word List
GOURMAND
one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking
The meaning of the word gourmand is one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking.
Random words
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|---|---|
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| overweening | arrogant |
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| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| dint | force |
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| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| versatile | embracing a variety of subjects, fields, or skills |