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 |
|---|---|
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| introvert | a person whose personality is characterized by introversion : a typically reserved or quiet person who tends to be introspective and enjoys spending time alone |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
