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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| diva | prima donna |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| dynamo | generator |