GRE Word List

SUPERCILIOUS

coolly and patronizingly haughty

The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.

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pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
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constraintthe act of constraining
sundryincluding many things of different kinds : miscellaneous
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant
quirkan abrupt twist or curve
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quoruma select group
atheistica person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly