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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| fulcrum | prop |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |