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 |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |