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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| filial | of, relating to, or befitting a son or daughter |