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 |
|---|---|
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| shrewd | marked by clever discerning awareness and hardheaded acumen |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |