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 |
|---|---|
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |