GRE Word List
COMPLACENCY
self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
The meaning of the word complacency is self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| ramification | branch |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
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| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
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| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |