GRE Word List

GIBE

to utter taunting words

The meaning of the word gibe is to utter taunting words.

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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
monolithicof, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge
dogmaticcharacterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
scholarlyof, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
permissivegranted on sufferance : tolerated
steadfastfirmly fixed in place : immovable
utopiaa place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control