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 |
|---|---|
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
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| subpoena | a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| 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) |
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| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| affected | artificial; pretended |