GRE Word List
INUNDATE
overwhelm
The meaning of the word inundate is overwhelm.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |