GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| forebears | ancestor |
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| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
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