GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| threadbare | having the nap worn off so that the thread shows : shabby |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |