GRE Word List
OVERTURN
to cause to turn over : upset
The meaning of the word overturn is to cause to turn over : upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| buoyant | having buoyancy |