GRE Word List
RENOWN
a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame
The meaning of the word renown is a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eventual | contingent |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| monetary | of or relating to money or to the mechanisms by which it is supplied to and circulates in the economy |
| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |