haughty
HAW-teeadjMeaning proud in a cold way that looks down on others
Memory hook HAUGH-ty = HIGH and mighty. Lady Greta stands on a box so she can look down on everyone, and she will not speak to anyone below her. She is haughty.
The haughty duchess would not even glance at the servants.
In context Her haughty reply, delivered with a cool stare and a turned shoulder, made it clear that she thought the question beneath her.
Similar arrogant, snobbish, superior, lofty
Opposite humble, modest, friendly
From haught, “high, proud,” from Old French haut (high), from Latin altus (high).