GRE Word List
OVERWEENING
arrogant
The meaning of the word overweening is arrogant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| drab | slattern |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
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| dowse | to plunge into water |
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