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 |
|---|---|
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |