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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| abet | to actively second and encourage (something, such as an activity or plan) |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |