GRE Word List
SHED
to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted
The meaning of the word shed is to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |