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 |
|---|---|
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt : clear |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| recast | to cast again |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |