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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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
blushoutward appearance : view
deferput off
dabbleto work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
snubto check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke
cordialshowing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval
appendattach
dispatchto send off or away with promptness or speed