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 |
|---|---|
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| aptitude | inclination |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| 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 |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |