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 |
|---|---|
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |