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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the 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 |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| defer | put off |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| append | attach |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |