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 |
|---|---|
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |