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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| antecede | precede |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| bacchanalia | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |