GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |