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 |
|---|---|
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |