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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| executioner | one who executes |
| hortatory | hortative |
| imbue | endow |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
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| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |