GRE Word List

HUBRIS

exaggerated pride or self-confidence

The meaning of the word hubris is exaggerated pride or self-confidence.

Random words

WordMeaning
compulsivehaving power to compel
accoladea mark of acknowledgment : award
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
porouspossessing or full of pores
immunenot susceptible or responsive
ribaldmarked by coarseness or lewdness : crude
aproposbeing both relevant and opportune
debutanteone making a debut (see debut
self-indulgenceexcessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims
searbeing dried and withered