GRE Word List
EFFRONTERY
shameless boldness : insolence
The meaning of the word effrontery is shameless boldness : insolence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| stem_from | arise from; originate from |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| allocate | to apportion for a specific purpose or to particular persons or things : distribute |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| seedy | containing or full of seeds |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |