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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |