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 |
|---|---|
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |