GRE Word List
BRAG
a pompous or boastful statement
The meaning of the word brag is a pompous or boastful statement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| verbalize | to express something in words |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |