GRE Word List
SOPHOMORIC
conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
The meaning of the word sophomoric is conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |