GRE Word List
SWATHE
a band used in swathing
The meaning of the word swathe is a band used in swathing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oligarchy | government by the few |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| sublimate | sublime |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |