GRE Word List

HUBBUB

noise

The meaning of the word hubbub is noise.

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oscillateto swing backward and forward like a pendulum
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
disparitya noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity
foiblethe part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point
acuitykeenness of perception
atavismrecurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination
apotheosisthe perfect form or example of something : quintessence
expoundto set forth : state
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
expatriatebanish