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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| clown | farmer |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |
| fulcrum | prop |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |