GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |