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 |
|---|---|
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| remittance | a sum of money remitted |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| gnarl | snarl |
| mote | a small particle : speck |