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 |
|---|---|
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| impending | occurring or likely to occur soon : upcoming |
| ensconce | shelter |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |