GRE Word List
STRUT
to become turgid : swell
The meaning of the word strut is to become turgid : swell.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |