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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WordMeaning
satiatefilled to satiety
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification
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igneousformed by solidification of magma
infamoushaving a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil
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forebearsancestor
propsomething that props or sustains : support