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Vocab List 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arrogant | proud, overbearing; snootily self-important |
| disdain | scorn; snooty disapproval or dislike; contempt |
| fastidious | extremely fussy and particular; meticulous |
| haughty | openly and disdainfully proud; snooty |
| disparage | to belittle or downgrade (someone or something); to decry, depreciate, minimize |
| contempt | total lack or respect; disdain; scorn |
| pretentious | showy, self-important, pompous; insisting on recognition, often unjustifiably |
| scoff | to make fun of, mock; to belittle by jeering or contemptuous talk |
| complacent | self-satisfied, smug |
| deprecate | to disapprove mildly, with regret |
| condescend | to come down in level, unbend, stoop |
| supercilious | excessively proud; disdainfully superior |
| derogatory | scornful, disparaging, downgrading, belittling |
| prerogative | a special right or privilege |
| deride | to mock or make fun of; to ridicule |
| risible | laughable, funny; used for laughter |