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 |
|---|---|
| grouch | a fit of bad temper |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| spate | freshet |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |