GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |