GRE Word List

GAUDY

ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented

The meaning of the word gaudy is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented.

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siblingsib
oustto remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
arbitrateto act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
uproariousmarked by uproar
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
backslideto lapse morally or in the practice of religion
fawningseeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
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