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 |
|---|---|
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |