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 |
|---|---|
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| condign | deserved |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |