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 |
|---|---|
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| polar | of or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it |
| onus | burden |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |