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 |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| canny | clever |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |
| enclave | a distinct territorial, cultural, or social unit enclosed within or as if within foreign territory |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |