GRE Word List
FLAUNT
to display or obtrude oneself to public notice
The meaning of the word flaunt is to display or obtrude oneself to public notice.
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daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
muted | being mute : silent |
incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
peripatetic | a follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism |