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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jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
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momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
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contraveneto go or act contrary to : violate
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