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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| natal | native |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| amity | friendship |