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 |
|---|---|
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |