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 |
|---|---|
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| hap | happening |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| opus | work |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |