GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precept | a command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action |
| scotch | scottish |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| motley | variegated in color |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| savant | a person of learning |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |