GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| finished | entirely done |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| pedagogue | teacher |