GRE Word List
HISTRIONIC
deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
The meaning of the word histrionic is deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| outrage | an act of violence or brutality |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
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| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |