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 |
|---|---|
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| expedite | to accelerate the process or progress of : speed up |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| contrive | devise |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |