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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practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
inanimate | not animate: |
rejuvenate | to make young or youthful again : give new vigor to |
berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
disclose | to make known or public |
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