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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| unilateral | done or undertaken by one person or party |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| impuissance | weakness |