GRE Word List
BRAGGADOCIO
empty boasting
The meaning of the word braggadocio is empty boasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| resign | relegate |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| boor | peasant |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |