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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| puerile | juvenile |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |