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 |
|---|---|
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |