More Gre Words

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Bombastic

Back 1

Pompous in speech and manner

He Was Bombastic His boasting and outragious clams had no bases in fact

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Cacophony

Back 2

Harsh and jarring noise

The Band created an unbearable Cacophony

Front 3

Candid

Back 3

Impartial and honest in speech

Front 4

Capricious

Back 4

Changing ones mind often and quickly

The woman was capricious when choosing her home goods today. she decided that her colors were white and black then they were red and purple

Front 5

Castigate

Back 5

To punish or criticize Harshly

The switch was not nearly the castigate that her harsh words were.

Front 6

Catalyst

Back 6

Something that brings about the change in something else.

The acid acting as a catalyst in the experiment.

The cheerleaders are a catalyst in sports enthusiam

Front 7

Caustic

Back 7

Biting in whit

Margaret makes me feel uncomfortable because of her caustic humor that feels more like a cut down.

Front 8

Chaos

Back 8

Great disorder or confusion

There is no organization in chaos

Front 9

Chauvinist

Back 9

Some one prejidiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs

The women in sex in the city were chauvinist to men

Front 10

Chicanery

Back 10

Deceptive by means of craft or guile

Sean uses chicanery when he wants me to believe a fake story.

Front 11

Cogent

Back 11

Convincing and well reasoned

Swayed by the cogent argument of the defence the jury had no choice but to acquit the defendant

Front 12

Condone

Back 12

To overlook pardon or disregard

The Cool parent will condone the pot smoking in the house .

Front 13

Convoluted

Back 13

Intricate and complicated

The story the boy told was so convoluted and complicated that the parents could not make heads or tails.

Front 14

Corroborated

Back 14

To provide supporting evidence

Fingerprints corroborated

Front 15

Credulous

Back 15

Too trusting and gullible
although most 4 year olds believe in the Easter bunny only the most credulous 9 year old believe in him

Front 16

Crescendo

Back 16

Steadily increasing in volume or force

The crescendo of water slowly changed the mountain side from a trickle to a waterfall.

Front 17

Decorum

Back 17

Appropriateness of behavior or conduct

There is an decorum to an office party that is not present at a privat party throwing up is not cool

Front 18

Deference

Back 18

Respect courtesy
The respectful young law clerk treated the judge with the up most deferance

Front 19

Deride

Back 19

To speak of ro to treat with contempt

the awkward child is often derided by his peers

Front 20

Desiccate

Back 20

To dry out

after a day in the hot summer sun the beach towels were desiccated.

Front 21

Desultory

Back 21

Jumping from one thing to another Disconnected

Diane has a desultory academic record she had changed majors 12 times.

Front 22

Diatribe

Back 22

An abusive Condemnatory speech

The trucker bellowed out a diatribe at some one who cut him off

Front 23

Diffident

Back 23

lacking self-confidence

Steve's Diffident manner during the during the job interview stemmed from his nervous nature and lack of experence in the field

Front 24

Dilate

Back 24

To make larger

They must dilate the lungs to relieve pressure during a asthma attack.