GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| haggard | not tamed |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |