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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |