GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |