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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idiosyncrasya peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
syntheticrelating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
elusivetending to elude: such as
lustusually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness
somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
chastiseto censure severely : castigate
nexusconnection
swaythe action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle