GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| fluke | flatfish |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |