GRE Word List
QUIP
a clever usually taunting remark : gibe
The meaning of the word quip is a clever usually taunting remark : gibe.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| rabid | extremely violent : furious |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| vise | any of various tools with two jaws for holding work that close usually by a screw, lever, or cam |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |