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 |
|---|---|
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| determination | a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy |
| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| transcendental | transcendent |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |