GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
progeny | descendants |
academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
rank | relative standing or position |
compulsive | having power to compel |
turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |