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 |
|---|---|
| usage | firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| proxy | the agency, function, or office of a deputy who acts as a substitute for another |
| slither | to slide on or as if on a loose gravelly surface |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |