GRE Word List
SHEAR
to cut off the hair from
The meaning of the word shear is to cut off the hair from.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| enunciate | to make a definite or systematic statement of |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |