GRE Word List
SHEER
unqualified
The meaning of the word sheer is unqualified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| canny | clever |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| grate | grating |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |