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GRE Word List # GRE/W332

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Description of subversive (adjective)
in opposition to a civil authority or government



   
Description of shambles (noun)
a building where animals are butchered; slaughterhouse



   
Description of penumbra (noun: penumbrae, penumbras)
partly lighted area around any shadow



   
Description of aloft (adverb)
at a great height



   
Description of clientele (noun)
customers collectively; business



   
Description of tout (verb: touted; touted; touting)
show off; swash; shoot a line; brag; bluster; vaunt



   
Description of opprobrium (noun)
a state of extreme dishonor



   
Description of bombast (noun)
pompous or pretentious talk or writing; rant; claptrap; blah



   
Description of frivolous (adjective)
not serious in content or attitude or behavior



   
Description of conscript (noun)
person who has been drafted into military service



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