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 |
|---|---|
| defiance | the act or an instance of defying : challenge |
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| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
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