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 |
|---|---|
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| demure | reserved |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| 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 |
| residual | remainder |