GRE Word List
GAUDY
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.
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| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
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| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| tremor | a trembling or shaking usually from physical weakness, emotional stress, or disease |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
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| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |