GRE Word List
GUFFAW
a loud or boisterous burst of laughter
The meaning of the word guffaw is a loud or boisterous burst of laughter.
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soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
compulsive | having power to compel |
knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
symmetry | balanced proportions |
benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |