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
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
jaunta usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure
scintillaspark
martyra person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
ordinationthe act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained
adventitiouscoming from another source and not inherent or innate
intersticea space that intervenes between things
passepast one's prime