GRE Word List
VANGUARD
the forefront of an action or movement
The meaning of the word vanguard is the forefront of an action or movement.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |