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 |
|---|---|
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |