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 |
|---|---|
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |