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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| unfrock | defrock |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| demented | mad |
| lateral | of or relating to the side |
| forte | one's strong point |
| contrive | devise |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |