GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |