GRE Word List
HUBRIS
exaggerated pride or self-confidence
The meaning of the word hubris is exaggerated pride or self-confidence.
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| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| dignitary | one who possesses exalted rank or holds a position of dignity or honor |
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| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
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| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |