GRE Word List
SARDONIC
disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
The meaning of the word sardonic is disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |