GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |