GRE Word List
GAUDY
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| lampoon | satire |