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 |
|---|---|
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| chuckle | to laugh inwardly or quietly |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |