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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satesatisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy
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exemplarydeserving imitation : commendable
benisonblessing
glimmerto shine faintly or unsteadily
bovineof, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow
indigencea level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking
malleablecapable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers
snuffleto snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly
sensitizationthe action or process of sensitizing