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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| trample | tramp |