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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itinerary | the route of a journey or tour or the proposed outline of one |
foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |