GRE Word List
GULL
any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae)
The meaning of the word gull is any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |