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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| temperament | characteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |