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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| Word | Meaning |
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| brackish | somewhat salty |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
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| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
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| wreak | bring about |