GRE Word List
QUIP
a clever usually taunting remark : gibe
The meaning of the word quip is a clever usually taunting remark : gibe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |