GRE Word List
SHEER
unqualified
The meaning of the word sheer is unqualified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| exhale | to rise or be given off as vapor |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| dynamo | generator |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |