GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| oversee | survey |