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 |
|---|---|
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| viable | capable of living |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| protocol | an original draft, minute, or record of a document or transaction |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| erotic | of, devoted to, or tending to arouse sexual love or desire |