GRE Word List
EFFRONTERY
rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek
The meaning of the word effrontery is rudeness without any sense of shame; shameless boldness; presumptousness; nerve; cheek.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| purveyor | furnisher of foodstuffs; caterer; V. purvey: supply (eg. food); furnish; CF. provide |
| defeatist | resigned to defeat or failure; accepting defeat or failure as a natural outcome; N. CF. defeatism |
| rile | irritate; vex; muddy |
| unwarranted | unjustified; having no justification; groundless; baseless; undeserved |
| enamored | in love; Ex. enamored of his own beauty; V. enamor: inspire with love |
| attest | testify; bear witness |
| paradox | something apparently contradictory in nature (that may nonetheless be true); statement that looks false but is actually correct |
| rudimentary | elementary; not developed; crude; N. rudiment: fundamental element or principle; Ex. rudiments of the language |
| array | marshal; draw up in order; arrange in order; clothe splendidly; adorn; N: fine clothes; ordered group; Ex. in battle array |
| induct | place formally in office; install; admit as a member; initiate; N. induction: inducting; process of deriving general principles from particular facts |