GRE Word List
QUIP
a clever usually taunting remark : gibe
The meaning of the word quip is a clever usually taunting remark : gibe.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imply | to express indirectly |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |