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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| peerless | matchless |
| foreboding | the act of one who forebodes |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| squabble | a noisy altercation or quarrel usually over petty matters |
| miscreant | unbelieving |