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.

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WordMeaning
viandan item of food
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
abstainto choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice
expatiateto move about freely or at will : wander
plumagethe feathers of a bird
ravenousrapacious
irreproachablenot reproachable : blameless
shedto rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
barristera counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor
amnesialoss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness