trumpery

nounCommon GRE wordMore T words

showy but worthless stuff or empty, specious pretense

In a sentence

Trumpery in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing trumpery in a sentence.

The brochure was full of trumpery, dressing up an ordinary product in extravagant claims.

Synonyms

nonsenserubbishclaptrap

Antonyms

None listed.

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understood or implied without being openly stated

habitually reserved and uncommunicative in speech

only loosely relevant; diverging from the main point

perceptible by touch or concrete enough to be grasped

to twist together into a confused or knotted mass

equivalent in effect or value to something else

to dull or damage the luster, reputation, or purity of something

needlessly repeating an idea using different words

Common questions

Trumpery (noun) means showy but worthless stuff or empty, specious pretense

Here is trumpery used in an example sentence: "The brochure was full of trumpery, dressing up an ordinary product in extravagant claims."

Common synonyms for trumpery include nonsense, rubbish, claptrap.

Trumpery is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.