GRE Word List
POMPOSITY
pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior
The meaning of the word pomposity is pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |