GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |