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 |
|---|---|
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| squalor | the quality or state of being squalid |
| seemly | good-looking |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |