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
surgeto rise and fall actively : toss
forbearancea refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due
asteroidany of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
cerebralof or relating to the brain or the intellect
jibeto be in accord : agree
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
nefariousflagrantly wicked or impious : evil
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet