GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| maroon | a dark red |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |