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 |
|---|---|
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| opulence | wealth |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |