GRE Word List
SWAMP
wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid
The meaning of the word swamp is wetland; marsh; V: flood; overwhelm; drench in with liquid.
Random words
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chuckle | laugh quietly |
terminus | last stop of railroad; end |
indignity | treatment or situation that causes shame or loss of dignity, respect; offensive or insulting treatment; humiliating or degrading treatment; Ex. I suffered the indignity of having to say that in front of them. |
cardiologist | doctor specializing in ailments of the heart |
fissure | crevice; crack |
babble | chatter idly or foolishly; make continuous sounds like water running gently over rounded stone; N. |
repose | resting; state of being at rest; calmness; V: lie at rest; relax; put or place; Ex. repose our hopes in a single man |
mordant | biting; sarcastic; stinging; (apprec.) incisive; cutting; Ex. mordant pen/wit |
suckle | give or take milk at the breast or udder |
ventriloquist | someone who can make his or her voice seem to come from another person or thing (without moving lips or jaws); N. ventriloquism, ventriloquy |