GRE Word List
SHARD
a piece or fragment of a brittle substance
The meaning of the word shard is a piece or fragment of a brittle substance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| serenity | the quality or state of being serene |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |