GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
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| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
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| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |