GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| leash | a line for leading or restraining an animal |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |