GRE Word List

QUELL

to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity

The meaning of the word quell is to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity.

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reprisea musical repetition:
espionagethe practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
improprietyan improper or indecorous act or remark
smudgeto make a smudge on
striatedmarked with striations or striae
reminiscenceapprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence
blusterto talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
conduita natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed
uproara state of commotion, excitement, or violent disturbance