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 |
|---|---|
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |