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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |