GRE Word List
NIP
snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill
The meaning of the word nip is snip off; stop something's growth or development; bite; make numb with cold; Ex. nip the plan; Ex. A guard dog nipped the postman; Ex. fingers nipped by the extreme chill.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scowl | frown angrily; N: angry frown |
| hapless | unfortunate; luckless |
| funereal | sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral |
| tundra | rolling treeless plain in Siberia and arctic North America |
| pontifical | pertaining to a bishop or pope; pompous or pretentious; CF. pontiff: pope; bishop |
| carapace | shell covering the back (of a turtle, tortoise, crab, etc.) |
| bridle | harness fitted about a horse's head (used to restrain); curb; check; V: put a bridle on; control or restrain; show anger |
| gustatory | affecting or relating to the sense of taste |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| swamp | wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid |
