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 |
|---|---|
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| finished | entirely done |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |