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 |
|---|---|
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| leaven | a substance (such as yeast) used to produce fermentation in dough or a liquid |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| fulminate | to utter or send out with denunciation |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |