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 |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| mutinous | disposed to or being in a state of mutiny : rebellious |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |