GRE Word List
BRAGGADOCIO
empty boasting
The meaning of the word braggadocio is empty boasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| nib | bill |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |