GRE Word List
FLAGRANT
conspicuously offensive
The meaning of the word flagrant is conspicuously offensive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| provenance | origin |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |