GRE Word List
MOCK
to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride
The meaning of the word mock is to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| hap | happening |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |