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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| noisome | noxious |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| abolish | to end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |