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 |
|---|---|
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| provenance | origin |
| adjourn | to suspend indefinitely or until a later stated time |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |