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 |
|---|---|
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| oligarchy | government by the few |