GRE Word List
BOMBAST
grandiloquent, pompous speech
The meaning of the word bombast is grandiloquent, pompous speech.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chip | lose a small piece from the surface or edge; N: small piece broken off something; CF. French fry; Potato chip/crisp |
| matriarch | woman who rules a family or larger social group |
| billow | large wave of water; a great swell or surge (of smoke); V: surge, swell, roll in billows |
| wont | (the stated person's) habit or custom; habitual procedure; ADJ. wonted: customary |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions |
| unravel | disentangle; solve |
| infirmity | weakness |
| veer | change in direction; swerve |
| indicative | suggestive; implying; serving to indicate |
| choice | delicate; of very fine quality |
