GRE Word List
SHEER
unqualified
The meaning of the word sheer is unqualified.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| arable | fit for or used for the growing of crops |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| schism | division |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |