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 |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| infest | to spread or swarm in or over in a troublesome manner |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| clamor | noisy shouting |