GRE Word List
SWAMP
a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
The meaning of the word swamp is a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| ennui | a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : boredom |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |