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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| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
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| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
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| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |