Les 3: The High And Mighty: Feeling Superior Flashcards

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Braggart

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One who boasts a great deal

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Arrogant

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Overbearing, proud, haughty

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Complacent

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Self-satisfied, smug

Complacence destroys ambition

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Contemptuous

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Lacking respect, scornful
Glare ~ly at the dog
~ of each other
Breed contempt for people’s differences

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Disdainful

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Full of bitter scorn and pride, aloof, contemptuous
Disdain
Eye ~ly
~ comments

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Egotistical

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Excessively self-absorbed, very conceited

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Haughty

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Having great like in oneself and dislike for others
Haughtiness
It’s naughty to be haughty!

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Insolent

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Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior, rude
Insolence
~ remarks

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Narcissistic

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Having to do with extreme self-adoration a feeling of superiority to everyone
Narcissist
Narcissism
Narcissus

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Ostentatious

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Having to do with showing off, pretentious

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Presumptuous

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Too forward or bold, fail to observe the limits of what permitted
~ly asked: “when do I get a raise?”

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Pretentious

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Ostentatious, affectedly grand

Pretention

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Supercilious

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Looking down on others, proud and scornful
Strut with her nose in the air
~ness

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Swagger

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Walk around in a proud, showy manner, boast in a loud manner

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