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
docileeasily taught
equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
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agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
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obsoleteno longer in use or no longer useful
bridlethe headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit
eloquencediscourse marked by force and persuasiveness