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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| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |