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 |
|---|---|
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| accolade | a mark of acknowledgment : award |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| apropos | being both relevant and opportune |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| sear | being dried and withered |