GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| concordat | compact |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |