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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WordMeaning
bedraggleto wet thoroughly
bowdlerizeto expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar
poisebalance
contaminateto soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
riftfissure
detachedstanding by itself : separate
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action