GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| anthropologist | the science of human beings |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| foible | the part of a sword or foil blade between the middle and point |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |