GRE Word List
CACOPHONOUS
marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding
The meaning of the word cacophonous is marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |