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Vocabulary

PROUD, ARROGANT OR CONCEITED?

Key

Proud is a general word to describe somebody who is pleased with himself, or with what he has achieved.
Arrogant is a disapproving word to describe somebody who thinks he's better than other people.
Conceited is a disapproving word to describe somebody who thinks he or his achievements are better than they really are.

• proudHis parents are proud of him.
  She's proud of being in the team.
  
• arrogantHe's first in his class, but he's not arrogant about it.
  She's too arrogant to learn from her own errors.
  
• conceitedI knew I was going to win, and I'm not being conceited.
  That conceited singer didn't want to sign autographs to the people waiting outside.