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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cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
deprecate | to express disapproval of |
analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |