GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| mollify | to soothe in temper or disposition : appease |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| erudite | having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying : possessing or displaying erudition |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |