GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| typhoon | a hurricane occurring especially in the region of the Philippines or the China sea |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |