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 |
|---|---|
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |