GRE Word List
OVERWEENING
arrogant
The meaning of the word overweening is arrogant.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |