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 |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| demure | reserved |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |