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 |
|---|---|
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |