GRE Word List
HUBRIS
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
The meaning of the word hubris is exaggerated pride or self-confidence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| encompass | include |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| checkered | marked by alternating squares of different colors, shades, or materials |