GRE Word List
SHEAR
to cut off the hair from
The meaning of the word shear is to cut off the hair from.
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|---|---|
| expound | to set forth : state |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| seemly | good-looking |