GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overweening | arrogant |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |