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 |
|---|---|
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| caprice | a sudden, impulsive, and seemingly unmotivated notion or action |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |