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

WordMeaning
gushto issue copiously or violently
melancholydepression of spirits : dejection
stem_fromarise from; originate from
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
nicetythe quality or state of being nice
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
sepulchera place of burial : tomb
ambrosiathe food of the Greek and Roman gods
writheto twist into coils or folds
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action