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

WordMeaning
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
grandiosecharacterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration
transitoryof brief duration : temporary
testyeasily annoyed : irritable
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
lurkto lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
compressto press or squeeze together
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
ogleto glance with amorous invitation or challenge