GRE Word List
ESTEEM
the regard in which one is held
The meaning of the word esteem is the regard in which one is held.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| implode | to burst inward |
| addle | rotten |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |