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

WordMeaning
reprobatean unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
verbalizeto express something in words
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
encroachmentto enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another
balmyhaving the qualities of balm : soothing
furtivedone in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious
induceto move by persuasion or influence
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
subdueto conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish