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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| asunder | into parts |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |