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 |
|---|---|
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| hubbub | noise |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |