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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motley | variegated in color |
| billow | wave |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
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