GRE Word List
SUCCUMB
to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire
The meaning of the word succumb is to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another's reputation |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| rotunda | a round building |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| cistern | an artificial reservoir (such as an underground tank) for storing liquids and especially water (such as rainwater) |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |