GRE Word List
SWATHE
a band used in swathing
The meaning of the word swathe is a band used in swathing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |