GRE Word List
VOCIFEROUS
marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry
The meaning of the word vociferous is marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry.
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| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
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