GRE Word List

VAUNTED

highly or widely praised or boasted about

The meaning of the word vaunted is highly or widely praised or boasted about.

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WordMeaning
mollycoddleto treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
solicitousmanifesting or expressing solicitude
labilereadily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)
contentiouslikely to cause disagreement or argument
satiricalof, relating to, or constituting satire
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age
gapeto open the mouth wide