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 |
|---|---|
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| blackball | to vote against |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |