GRE Word List
BRAGGART
a loud arrogant boaster
The meaning of the word braggart is a loud arrogant boaster.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |