GRE Word List
FLASHY
showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance
The meaning of the word flashy is showy; gaudy; giving a momentary brilliance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| capillary | having a very fine bore; resembling a hair; fine and slender; Ex. capillary attraction; N: very fine hairlike tube; CF. capillarity |
| kaleidoscope | tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful |
| mundane | worldly as opposed to spiritual; everyday; of the ordinary; Ex. mundane existence; CF. world |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| disjunction | act or state of separation; disunity; CF. disjunctive: expressing a choice between two ideas; CF. conjunction; CF. conjunctive |
| compute | reckon; calculate |
| eon | long period of time; an age; longest division of geologic time containing two or more eras |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| bombast | grandiloquent, pompous speech |
| gush | (of liquid) pour out in large quantities from a hole; make an excessive display of feeling (without true feeling); Ex. Blood gushed from the wound. |
