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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |