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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
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| ecologist | a branch of science concerned with the interrelationship of organisms and their environments |
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| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |