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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|---|---|
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| lopsided | leaning to one side |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| demerit | offense |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |