GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| sophist | philosopher |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |