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 |
|---|---|
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| delve | excavate |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| unanimity | the quality or state of being unanimous |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |