GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |