GRE Word List

CAPSIZE

to cause to overturn

The meaning of the word capsize is to cause to overturn.

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WordMeaning
implicationsomething implied: such as
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
chisela metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal)
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
eventualcontingent
kaleidoscopean instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
bateto reduce the force or intensity of : restrain
libidoinstinctual 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
functionalof, connected with, or being a function
mottoa sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use