GRE Word List
SMUG
highly self-satisfied
The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |