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 |
|---|---|
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| maneuver | a military or naval movement |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |