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 |
|---|---|
| trappings | outward signs |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |