GRE Word List
BRAGGADOCIO
empty boasting
The meaning of the word braggadocio is empty boasting.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| viable | capable of living |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |