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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| ecclesiastic | ecclesiastical |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| condign | deserved |
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |