GRE Word List
EFFRONTERY
shameless boldness : insolence
The meaning of the word effrontery is shameless boldness : insolence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| pugilist | fighter |