GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| piebald | composed of incongruous parts |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |