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 |
|---|---|
| annuity | a sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| crass | gross |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| blackball | to vote against |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |