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 |
|---|---|
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
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| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |