GRE vocabulary
vanguard
the leading position or group at the forefront of a movement
In a sentence
These artists were in the vanguard of the modernist movement.
Synonyms
forefrontfrontlinespearheadleaders
Antonyms
rearguardstragglers
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vacillate
to waver indecisively between options or opinions
vacuity
total absence of thought, ideas, or substance
vacuous
empty of meaning, substance, or intelligence
vagabond
a person who roams from place to place with no fixed home
vagary
an unpredictable or capricious change or notion
vagrant
a person who wanders without a settled home or work
vainglorious
excessively boastful and vain about one's achievements
vainglory
excessive, ostentatious pride in oneself or one's achievements
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