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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WordMeaning
tributesomething given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved
bravadoblustering swaggering conduct
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
pandemicoccurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population
pertsaucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
adventthe period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce