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 |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| centurion | an officer commanding a Roman century |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| contest | strive |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |