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 |
|---|---|
| impoverish | to make poor |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| forego | to go before : precede |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |