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 |
|---|---|
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| realm | kingdom |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |