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 |
|---|---|
| antique | existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| mischance | bad luck |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |