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
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collate | to compare critically |
marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
fallible | liable to be erroneous |
misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
quadruped | an animal having four feet |
lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |