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 |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| unsavory | insipid |