GRE Word List
GAUDY
ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |