GRE Word List
OVERBEARING
tending to overwhelm : overpowering
The meaning of the word overbearing is tending to overwhelm : overpowering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| collateral | property (such as securities) pledged by a borrower to protect the interests of the lender |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |