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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| feint | something feigned |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| enthrall | to hold spellbound : charm |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |