GRE Word List
SHEAR
to cut off the hair from
The meaning of the word shear is to cut off the hair from.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
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| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |