GRE Word List
CHAUVINIST
an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
The meaning of the word chauvinist is an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |