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
ignominydeep personal humiliation and disgrace
comeuppancea deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
aggregateformed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
expurgateto cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
penumbraa space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light
germinateto cause to sprout or develop
aquilinecurving like an eagle's beak