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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |