GRE Word List
VAINGLORIOUS
boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity
The meaning of the word vainglorious is boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| whet | sharpen; stimulate; Ex. whet someone's appetite |
| implode | burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| contention | assertion; claim; thesis; struggling; competition |
| sartorial | pertaining to tailors or tailoring; Ex. a man of great sartorial elegance; CF. sartor: tailor |
| trickster | person who cheats people |
| concise | brief and compact |
| churlish | boorish; rude; N. churl: boor; yahoo |
| peremptory | demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock |
| episodic | (of a story or play) loosely connected; made up of separate and loosely connected parts; N. episode: incident in the course of an experience |
| legislature | legislating branch of government; CF. legislate: make laws |
