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 |
|---|---|
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| aversion | a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |