GRE Word List
VAIN
having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited
The meaning of the word vain is having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| flighty | swift |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| stout | strong of character: such as |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |