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 |
|---|---|
| chip | a small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
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