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 |
|---|---|
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |