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 |
|---|---|
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| ancillary | subordinate |