GRE Word List
BOMBASTIC
marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
The meaning of the word bombastic is marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |