GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| chivalrous | valiant |