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 |
|---|---|
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| overthrow | overturn |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
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