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 |
|---|---|
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |