GRE Word List
OSTENTATIOUS
attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation
The meaning of the word ostentatious is attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| agape | wide open : gaping |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| chassis | the supporting frame of a structure (such as an automobile or television) |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
