Advanced and Proficiency Vocabulary for Exams(e.g.GRE, Banks, Civil Services, SAT / LSAT). For IELTS/TOEFL, and everyday spoken vocabulary, go to our Spoken Vocabulary Database.
If you are ‘agog’ then you are very enthusiastic about something and eager to see and learn more about it. The word implies a level of excitement that would cause your eyes to widen and your mouth to slightly open in anticipation of something happening. Occasionally, it is also used to express a reaction to something highly surprising.
Exam DB | Spoken DB | Other | |
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Synonyms | anxious, impatient, aghast, | ||
Antonyms | lackadaisicalunperturbed | languid, |
I’ve been agog all morning waiting to hear whether I got a place on the course or not. The anticipation is killing me!
Fans of the author were agog at the news that she would soon be releasing a sequel to her best-selling debut novel.
Mark’s outburst left me agog. I had no idea he had built up so much resentment against me.