GRE Word List
GAUDY
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| asunder | into parts |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |