GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| postulate | demand |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |