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 |
|---|---|
| expiate | to make amends for |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| scrupulous | having moral integrity : acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| snivel | to run at the nose |