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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| conveyance | the action of conveying |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |