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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |