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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consort | associate |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| politic | political |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| pliant | pliable |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| modish | fashionable |