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 |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| paradigm | example |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |