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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calorificcaloric
metamorphosischange of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means
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disabuseto free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy
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retortto pay or hurl back : return
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
decompositionto separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds
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