GRE Word List
OVERSEE
survey
The meaning of the word oversee is survey.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| peerless | matchless |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| bowdlerize | to expurgate (something, such as a book) by omitting or modifying parts considered vulgar |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |