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 |
|---|---|
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |