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 |
|---|---|
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| dissonance | lack of agreement |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |