GRE Word List
BOISTEROUS
noisily turbulent : rowdy
The meaning of the word boisterous is noisily turbulent : rowdy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| wrangle | to dispute angrily or peevishly : bicker |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |