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 |
|---|---|
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |