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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vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse
gougea chisel with a concavo-convex cross section
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied
pulsethe regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart
poseto set forth or offer for attention or consideration
warrantsanction
vendettablood feud
annuitya sum of money payable yearly or at other regular intervals
abstemiousmarked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin