GRE Word List
SWEAR
to utter or take solemnly (an oath)
The meaning of the word swear is to utter or take solemnly (an oath).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| equestrian | of, relating to, or featuring horseback riding |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |