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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| thespian | actor |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |