GRE Word List
POMPOSITY
self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important
The meaning of the word pomposity is self-important behavior; acting like a stuffed shirt(pompous person); ADJ. pompous: self-important.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extricate | free from an entanglement or difficulty; disentangle |
| mimicry | imitation |
| disaffected | disloyal; lacking loyality; V. disaffect: cause to lose affection or loyalty |
| legacy | gift made by a will; something handed down from an ancestor |
| piecemeal | one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal |
| ram | male sheep; V. strike or drive against with a heavy impact |
| paucity | scarcity; dearth |
| endemic | prevailing among a specific group of people or in a specific area or country; peculiar to a particular region or people; CF. pandemic |
| rile | irritate; vex; muddy |
| levity | lack of seriousness or steadiness; frivolity; lightness of manner |
