GRE Word List

GAUDY

ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented

The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.

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subalternparticular with reference to a related universal proposition
subjectiveof, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as
occludeto close up or block off : obstruct
smolderto burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke
squelchto fall or stamp on so as to crush
chaplaina clergyman in charge of a chapel
circuitoushaving a circular or winding course
listlesscharacterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit
urgeto present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly
surreptitiousdone, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine