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 |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| appease | pacify |