GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |