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 |
|---|---|
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| exude | to ooze out |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| unique | being the only one : sole |