Definition
having an exaggerated sense of one's own importance
In a sentence
“His arrogant tone alienated the audience.”
Similar words
- haughty
- conceited
Related vocabulary
Why this word matters: arrogant appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.