GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
