GRE Word List
HAUGHTINESS
pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
The meaning of the word haughtiness is pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stoop | bend forward and down; lower or debase oneself; fall to a lower standard of behavior by doing something; condescend; Ex. stoop to lying |
| stipple | paint or draw with dots or short strokes |
| rasp | (of a sound) grate on (eg. nerves); make a harsh noise; have an unpleasant effect; rub with something rough; Ex. The cat's tongue rasped my hand. |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| dazzle | make blind with a sudden intense light; amaze; fill with wonder |
| breed | produce young; rear; bring up; produce (an undesirable condition); N: kind or sort of animal or plant |
| mammal | vertebrate animal whose female suckles its young |
| apocryphal | (of a story) widely believed but untrue |
| neophyte | recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant |
| incarcerate | imprison |
