GRE Word List
POMPOSITY
pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior
The meaning of the word pomposity is pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| artful | performed with or showing art or skill |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| 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 |