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 |
|---|---|
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| brackish | somewhat salty |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |