GRE Word List
SMUG
self-satisfied; complacent
The meaning of the word smug is self-satisfied; complacent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coercion | use of force to get someone to object; compelling; V. coerce |
| primate | group of mammals including humans |
| frivolous | lacking in seriousness; flippant; self-indulgently carefree; unworthy of serious attention; relatively unimportant; trivial |
| odyssey | long, eventful, adventurous journey |
| besiege | surround with armed forces; harass (with requests); annoy continually |
| dichotomy | division into two opposite parts; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones) |
| memorialize | commemorate |
| curfew | regulation requiring all people to leave the streets at stated times; signal (as a bell) announcing the hour of a curfew |
| subside | sink to a lower level; settle down; sink to the bottom (as a sediment); descend; grow quiet; become less; moderate; abate |
| galvanize | stimulate or shock by an electric current; stimulate by shock; shock into action; stir up; coat with rust-resistant zinc by using electricity |
