GRE Word List
VAINGLORIOUS
marked by vainglory : boastful
The meaning of the word vainglorious is marked by vainglory : boastful.
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| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
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