GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | speech |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |