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 |
|---|---|
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| spontaneity | the quality or state of being spontaneous |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |