GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |