GRE Word List
BRAGGART
a loud arrogant boaster
The meaning of the word braggart is a loud arrogant boaster.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| duration | continuance in time |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |