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 |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| healthy | enjoying good health |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |