GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| retract | to draw back or in |