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 |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |