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 |
|---|---|
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| miscreant | unbelieving |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| seasonable | suitable to the season or circumstances : timely |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |