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 |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| misconduct | mismanagement especially of governmental or military responsibilities |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |