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 |
|---|---|
| growl | rumble |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| apparent | open to view : visible |