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 |
|---|---|
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| exegesis | exposition |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| stench | stink |