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
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf
decryto depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly
sinecurean office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income
protagonistthe principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story)
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
raveto talk irrationally in or as if in delirium
heterodoxcontrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
groovea long narrow channel or depression
stratuma bed or layer artificially made