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 |
|---|---|
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| colloquy | conversation |
| calculated | apt |
| passe | past one's prime |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |