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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| meditation | a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |