GRE Word List

OVERTHROW

overturn

The meaning of the word overthrow is overturn.

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pensivemusingly or dreamily thoughtful
tarantulaany of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food
litanya prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
natalnative
bolstera long pillow or cushion
implausiblenot plausible : provoking disbelief
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
braggarta loud arrogant boaster
disapprobationthe act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise