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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| dys- | abnormal |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |