GRE Word List
HUMILITY
freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble
The meaning of the word humility is freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |