GRE Word List
SNICKER
to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter
The meaning of the word snicker is to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |