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 |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| grate | grating |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| benison | blessing |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |