GRE Word List
SHIRK
to go stealthily : sneak
The meaning of the word shirk is to go stealthily : sneak.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |