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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WordMeaning
complacencyself-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
tantruma fit of bad temper
thrashto beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice
connivancethe act of conniving
tokena piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use
jingoistextreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy