GRE Word List

OVERWEENING

arrogant

The meaning of the word overweening is arrogant.

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WordMeaning
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever
distillto let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate
claustrophobiaabnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal
markedhaving an identifying mark
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
sylvanone that frequents groves or woods
countermandto revoke (a command) by a contrary order
avariceexcessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness
prefatoryof, relating to, or constituting a preface