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 |
|---|---|
| neologism | a new word, usage, or expression |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| forlorn | bereft |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| careen | to put (a ship or boat) on a beach especially in order to clean, caulk, or repair the hull |