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 |
|---|---|
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |