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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |