GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| license | permission to act |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |