GRE Word List
CONCEIT
vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry)
The meaning of the word conceit is vanity or self-love; too high opinion of one's own value; extravagant metaphor (in poetry).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prohibitive | so high as to prohibit purchase or use; tending to prevent the purchase or use of something; prohibiting; inclined to prevent or forbid; Ex. prohibitive tax |
| impartial | not biased; fair; N. impartiality |
| mountebank | charlatan; boastful pretender |
| dishonor | disgrace; N. ADJ. dishonorable |
| promiscuous | mixed indiscriminately; indiscriminate; not choosing carefully; indiscriminate in the choice of sexual partners; irregular, particularly sexually; Ex. promiscuous life/girl; N. promiscuity |
| amend | correct; change ; generally for the better |
| contumacious | stubborn and disobedient; resisting authority (esp. disobedient to an order made by a court) |
| sibylline | prophetic; oracular; N. sibyl: woman prophet (in the ancient world) |
| tranquillity | calmness; peace |
| apostate | one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; N. apostasy |
