GRE Word List

BLUFF

having a broad flattened front

The meaning of the word bluff is having a broad flattened front.

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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
prodigalcharacterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality
draconianof, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
extraneousexisting on or coming from the outside
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
wholesomepromoting health or well-being of mind or spirit