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 |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| ebullient | boiling |
| prowess | distinguished bravery |
| sinewy | full of sinews: such as |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |