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 |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| vixen | a female fox |
| pundit | pandit |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| fractious | tending to be troublesome : unruly |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |