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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|---|---|
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| agog | full of intense interest or excitement : eager |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| congruent | congruous |
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| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |