GRE Word List
VOGUE
popular acceptation or favor : popularity
The meaning of the word vogue is popular acceptation or favor : popularity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| frolicsome | full of gaiety : playful |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |