GRE Word List
VAUNTED
boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag
The meaning of the word vaunted is boasted; bragged; highly publicized; V. vaunt: boast; brag.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| interstice | narrow space between things |
| counterpart | thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| discrete | separate; unconnected |
| consonance | harmony; agreement |
| caricature | distortion; burlesque |
| precarious | unsafe; lacking in stability; uncertain; risky; Ex. precarious living |
| revert | relapse; backslide; turn back to; return to the former owner; N. reversion |
| colossus | gigantic statue; person or thing of great size or importance |
| discerning | mentally quick and observant; having insight; perceptive; able to make good judgments; V. discern: perceive |