GRE Word List
GAUDY
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.
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|---|---|
| amass | to collect for oneself : accumulate |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| gnome | maxim |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| paltry | inferior |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |