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 |
|---|---|
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| billowing | wave |
| wanton | merciless |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |