GRE Word List

SUPERCILIOUS

coolly and patronizingly haughty

The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.

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WordMeaning
vicaran ecclesiastical agent: such as
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perpetuateto make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely
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affectedartificial; pretended
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
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gustthe sensation of taste
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
concedeto acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly