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 |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| adulation | extreme or excessive admiration or flattery |
| vital | of the utmost importance |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |