GRE Word List
SQUELCH
to fall or stamp on so as to crush
The meaning of the word squelch is to fall or stamp on so as to crush.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| pilfer | steal |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |
| mystic | mystical |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |