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 |
|---|---|
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| delve | excavate |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |