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 |
|---|---|
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| nether | situated down or below : lower |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |