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
forsaketo renounce or turn away from entirely
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
vixena female fox
punditpandit
pluckto pull or pick off or out
dieto pass from physical life : expire
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")
fractioustending to be troublesome : unruly
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
stifleto withhold from circulation or expression