GRE Word List

HUBBUB

noise

The meaning of the word hubbub is noise.

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WordMeaning
hue_and_cryoutcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule
billowwave
invalidnot valid:
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
patriciana member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
verdantgreen in tint or color
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
queruloushabitually complaining