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 |
|---|---|
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| overwhelm | upset |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| guileless | innocent |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| expeditious | marked by or acting with prompt efficiency |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| vile | morally despicable or abhorrent |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |