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 |
|---|---|
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| lustrous | reflecting light evenly and efficiently without glitter or sparkle |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| reverie | daydream |
| superannuated | outmoded |