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 |
|---|---|
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| facade | the front of a building |
| adventitious | coming from another source and not inherent or innate |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| clown | farmer |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |