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 |
|---|---|
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |