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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|---|---|
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
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| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
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