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 |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| guileless | innocent |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |