GRE Word List
BOMBAST
pretentious inflated speech or writing
The meaning of the word bombast is pretentious inflated speech or writing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |