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

WordMeaning
boisterousnoisily turbulent : rowdy
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
thronga multitude of assembled persons
adeptthoroughly proficient : expert
slavishof or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude
kaleidoscopean instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
corrosivetending or having the power to corrode
plausiblesuperficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
parallelextending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant