GRE Word List
OVERTHROW
overturn
The meaning of the word overthrow is overturn.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| gargantuan | tremendous in size, volume, or degree : gigantic |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |