GRE Word List
OVERTHROW
overturn
The meaning of the word overthrow is overturn.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |