GRE Word List
FLICK
a light sharp jerky stroke or movement
The meaning of the word flick is a light sharp jerky stroke or movement.
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|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| liaison | a binding or thickening agent used in cooking |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| conformity | correspondence in form, manner, or character : agreement |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |