GRE Word List

BRAVADO

blustering swaggering conduct

The meaning of the word bravado is blustering swaggering conduct.

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abjectsunk to or existing in a low state or condition : very bad or severe
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collateralproperty (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
validateto make legally valid : ratify
elasticcapable of recovering size and shape after deformation
smeara viscous or sticky substance
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)