GRE Word List
SARDONIC
disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
The meaning of the word sardonic is disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| indite | make up |