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 |
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| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |