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 |
|---|---|
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| enhance | heighten |