GRE Word List
BOMBAST
pretentious inflated speech or writing
The meaning of the word bombast is pretentious inflated speech or writing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| rusticate | to go into or reside in the country : follow a rustic life |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |