GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| communal | of or relating to one or more communes |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |