hubris

Day 24Level 3

HYOO-brus

arrogant pride

Part of Speech: noun

Synonyms:

presumption, audacity, disdain

Antonyms:

modesty

Example Sentence:

His defense demonstrates his arrogance and hubris.

Related Words

endure, remain

uh-BAHYD

to endure; to remain

hostility

aan-TIH-puh-thee

hostility; a strong feeling of dislike

contradict

bih-LYE

to give a false impression of ; to misrepresent

blunt

bruhsk

rough and abrupt in manner

frank

KAAN-did

frank; honest in speech

council

KAW-kuhs

a group of people of similar interests in an organization