GRE Word List
OVERTHROW
topple; N.
The meaning of the word overthrow is topple; N..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extrapolation | projection; conjecture; V. extrapolate: infer (unknown information) from known information |
| ordain | decree or command; grant holy orders; predestine; install as a minister, priest, or rabbi; N. ordainment; CF. ordination |
| irrepressible | unable to be restrained or held back; impossible to hold back |
| voracious | ravenous; eating large quantities of food; exceedingly eager; insatiable; Ex. voracious animal/reader |
| reiterate | repeat |
| hysteria | excessive or uncontrollable excitement; N. hysteric: person suffering from hysteria; CF. hysterics: attack of hysteria |
| squalor | condition of being squalid; filth; degradation; dirty neglected state; ADJ. squalid: dirty; sordid; morally repulsive; Ex. squalid story |
| inadvertently | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| allegory | story, play, or picture in which characters are used as symbols; fable |
| distrait | absentminded; distracted |