GRE Word List
TREAD
to step or walk on or over
The meaning of the word tread is to step or walk on or over.
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|---|---|
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
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| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
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