GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |