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 |
|---|---|
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| hubbub | noise |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |