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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| scourge | whip |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |