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Monday, July 16, 2012

October 22, 2012
gaunt • adjective

You can never be too rich or too thin, but you certainly can be too gaunt. It means you look skinny like you're sick, not skinny like you have a personal nutritionist slapping your hand when you reach for a bonbon.

A good way to remember gaunt is that it rhymes with haunt, and gaunt people look pale, drawn, and wasted — like you'd expect a haunting ghost to appear. Another way to remember it is that g- + aunt is like great-aunt, and often when you appear to be gaunt you look like you're old — like your Great Aunt Mildred.

14 comments:

  1. my little brother is really gaunt.
    paula bodan
    per 5&6
    mrs.foster

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  2. Andy Dominguez
    Mrs.Foster
    Period 5 & 6
    My dad looks really gaunt for his age.

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  3. Marcelo Coppola (Foster) P;5&6
    My sister is really guant.

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  4. When I see my brother Jovan he looks really gaunt.

    Dayanay Miranda ( foster ) P:5/6

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  5. My brother is a really gaunt looking guy.
    Julio Soto
    Period 1/2
    Mrs. Foster

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  6. I which i was a guant guy .
    mrsfoster 5 6 carlos garrido

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  7. This lady I saw looked so guant that I thought she had Anorexia.

    melissa beltre, ms.foster, p:5&6

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  8. My sister's wishes she was gaunt girl.

    Lazaro Perez
    Period:5/6
    Foster

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  9. i am worried because my bestfriend looks too gaunt.

    cristian hernandez
    per.5&6
    foster

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  10. A gaunt appearance,offered his cloak to enable him to sit on the ground.

    Carlos Rodriguez
    Period: 1
    Mrs.Morales

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  11. Bulimic and anorexic youth have a gaunt appearance. Palacios period 2

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  12. Adriana Hernandez
    P:5&6
    My aunt has a gaunt appearance also does her husband.

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  13. Yaneisy Ramos
    Ms.Allen
    Period#5&5

    Handsome, large velvety dark-green leaves are an outstanding feature of this often rather gaunt, tall shrub.

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  14. Gabriel Lopez
    Ms.Allen
    Period.5&6

    This Frankenstein monster is very tall and emaciated, the actor's frame accentuated by make-up that makes him appear even more gaunt.

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