GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |