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
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| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |