GRE Word List

GAUDY

ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented

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

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defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
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foregoto go before : precede
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
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impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
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