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 |
|---|---|
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |