GRE Word List

SHIRK

to go stealthily : sneak

The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.

Random words

WordMeaning
unscathedwholly unharmed : not injured
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
sunderto break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space
sleazylacking firmness of texture : flimsy
figurativerepresenting by a figure or resemblance : emblematic
felicitousvery well suited or expressed : apt
antagonismopposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
profaneto treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate