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 |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| agenda | a list or outline of things to be considered or done |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |