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 |
|---|---|
| lunar | crescent |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| crass | gross |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| kneel | to position the body so that one or both knees rest on the floor |