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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| dilute | attenuate |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |