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 |
|---|---|
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| guileless | innocent |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |