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 |
|---|---|
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |