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 |
|---|---|
| deface | to mar the appearance of : injure by effacing significant details |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| collate | to compare critically |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| slapdash | haphazard |