GRE Word List
STRUT
to become turgid : swell
The meaning of the word strut is to become turgid : swell.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |