Vocabulary Word
Word: vainglorious
Definition: boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity
Definition: boastful; excessively conceited; N. vainglory: great vanity
Sentences Containing 'vainglorious'
Or wilt thou say that it is through defect of thy natural constitution, that thou art constrained to murmur, to be base and wretched to flatter; now to accuse, and now to please, and pacify thy body: to be vainglorious, to be so giddy-headed., and unsettled in thy thoughts?
Sancho followed on Dapple, together with all the members of the pastoral gathering, eager to see what would be the upshot of his vainglorious and extraordinary proposal.
More Vocab Words
::: reciprocate - do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights::: satirical - using satire; mocking
::: flail - beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle
::: archetype - prototype; primitive pattern
::: bifurcated - divided into two branches; forked
::: apocryphal - (of a story) widely believed but untrue
::: polarize - split into opposite extremes or camps
::: undulating - moving with a wavelike motion; V. undulate; CF. und: wave
::: hubbub - confused uproar; loud noise; din
::: depravity - extreme corruption; wickedness; V. deprave
