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 |
|---|---|
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| blanch | to take the color out of |