GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| stilted | pompous |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |