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
proxythe agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground
wilyfull of wiles : crafty
deposeto remove from a throne or other high position
postmortemdone, occurring, or collected after death
generalitythe quality or state of being general
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression