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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |