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 |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |