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 |
|---|---|
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| pare | to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |