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 |
|---|---|
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| fester | to generate pus |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |