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 |
|---|---|
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| scotch | scottish |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| retribution | recompense |