GRE Word List

GAUDY

ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented

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

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innuendoan oblique allusion : hint
prerogativean exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as
negateto deny the existence or truth of
gestateto carry in the uterus during pregnancy
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
jabberto talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly
impuissanceweakness
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
fumbleto grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly
gleama transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light