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 |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| ebullient | boiling |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |