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 |
|---|---|
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |