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irk

verbCommon GRE wordMore I words

to annoy or irritate

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Irk in a sentence

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It irked her that no one had bothered to clean up after the meeting.

Synonyms
annoyirritatevexbother
Antonyms
pleasesoothe

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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence

Far from being the revolutionary thinker his admirers claimed, the philosopher was in fact quite blank, defending the traditional doctrines of his teachers without challenge.

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Irk (verb) means to annoy or irritate
Here is irk used in an example sentence: "It irked her that no one had bothered to clean up after the meeting."
Common synonyms for irk include annoy, irritate, vex, bother.
Antonyms of irk include please, soothe.
Irk is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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