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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretend | to give a false appearance of being, possessing, or performing |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| cartographer | one that makes maps |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |