GRE Word List

OVERWHELM

upset

The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.

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WordMeaning
pillagethe act of looting or plundering especially in war
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
ensueto strive to attain : pursue
pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
cabalthe contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government)
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
alleviaterelieve
bogusnot genuine : counterfeit
stem_fromarise from; originate from