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 |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| lofty | elevated in character and spirit : noble |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |