GRE Word List
SUPERCILIOUS
coolly and patronizingly haughty
The meaning of the word supercilious is coolly and patronizingly haughty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| onus | burden |
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |