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 |
|---|---|
| conscientious | meticulous |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |