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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |