GRE Word List
SNIP
a small piece that is snipped off
The meaning of the word snip is a small piece that is snipped off.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| lumber | to move ponderously |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| preamble | an introductory statement |