GRE Word List
VAINGLORIOUS
marked by vainglory : boastful
The meaning of the word vainglorious is marked by vainglory : boastful.
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leave-taking | departure |
rivulet | a small stream |
hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
acidulous | somewhat acid or harsh in taste or manner |
surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
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