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 |
|---|---|
| fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| license | permission to act |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| hortatory | hortative |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |