GRE Word List
OVERWHELM
upset
The meaning of the word overwhelm is upset.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| 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 |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |