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.
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| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| incinerate | to cause to burn to ashes |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |