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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serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
appriseto give notice to : tell
negligibleso small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
mammothany of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair
anvila heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering)
desultorymarked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament
executiveof or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairs
unaccountablenot to be accounted for : inexplicable