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 |
|---|---|
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |