GRE Word List
OVERTHROW
overturn
The meaning of the word overthrow is overturn.
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|---|---|
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| nib | bill |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
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