GRE Word List

VOGUE

popular acceptation or favor : popularity

The meaning of the word vogue is popular acceptation or favor : popularity.

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WordMeaning
belittleto speak slightingly of : disparage
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
lookoutone engaged in keeping watch : watchman
primto give a prim or demure expression to
actuateto put into mechanical action or motion
arduoushard to accomplish or achieve : difficult
retaliateto return like for like
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
taintto contaminate morally : corrupt
prateto talk long and idly : chatter