GRE Word List
SMIRK
to smile in a smug or condescending way
The meaning of the word smirk is to smile in a smug or condescending way.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| disport | sport |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |