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 |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| swelter | to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |