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 |
|---|---|
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| denizen | inhabitant |