GRE Word List

SHEER

unqualified

The meaning of the word sheer is unqualified.

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plummetto fall perpendicularly
obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
delusionsomething that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
malcontenta discontented person:
turbidthick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment
earthlycharacteristic of or belonging to this earth
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
ulcera break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus