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 |
|---|---|
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| whittle | a large knife |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
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