GRE Word List
HAUGHTINESS
pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty
The meaning of the word haughtiness is pride; arrogance; ADJ. haughty.
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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 |