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 |
|---|---|
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| pilfer | steal |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| optometrist | a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| cater | to provide a supply of food |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |