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 |
|---|---|
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| forthcoming | being about to appear or to be produced or made available |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |