GRE Word List
HAUGHTINESS
blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior
The meaning of the word haughtiness is blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concatenate | linked together |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
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| obscure | dark |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |