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 |
|---|---|
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |