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 |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| remiss | negligent in the performance of work or duty : careless |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
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