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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| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| concentric | having a common center |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| granulate | to form or crystallize into grains or granules |
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