GRE Word List
STRIDENT
characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound
The meaning of the word strident is characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| 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 |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| acetic | vinegary |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |