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 |
|---|---|
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| welter | writhe |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| leave-taking | departure |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |