GRE Word List
GIBE
to utter taunting words
The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| gawk | a clumsy stupid person : lout |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| naivete | a naive remark or action |