GRE Word List
GOURMET
a connoisseur of food and drink
The meaning of the word gourmet is a connoisseur of food and drink.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| gobble | to swallow or eat greedily |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| demean | to lower in character, status, or reputation |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |