GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| captious | marked by an often ill-natured inclination to stress faults and raise objections |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
