GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| trenchant | keen |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| regime | regimen |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| deify | to make a god of |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |