GRE Word List

SMUG

highly self-satisfied

The meaning of the word smug is highly self-satisfied.

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embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
quizzicalcomically quaint
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
sarcasma sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
smeltany of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste
abhorto regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
incantationa use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic
claspa device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together
overseesurvey