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 |
|---|---|
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| perennial | present at all seasons of the year |
| rustle | to make or cause a rustle |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| wilt | loose freshness; droop |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |