GRE Word List
BLUSTER
blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale
The meaning of the word bluster is blow in heavy gusts; threaten emptily; bully; speak in a noisy or bullying manner; CF. breeze, gust, gale.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complementary | serving to complete something |
| assent | agree; accept; N. assessment |
| advocacy | support; active pleading on behalf of someone or something |
| obliterate | destroy completely; wipe out; Ex. obliterate the village |
| sluggard | lazy person |
| inhibit | restrain; prohibit; retard or prevent; N. inhibition |
| hysteria | excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria |
| implode | burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| quarantine | isolation of a person, place, or ship to prevent spread of infection; V: isolate in quarantine |
| prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
