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 |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| consolidation | the act or process of consolidating : the state of being consolidated |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| hirsute | hairy |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |