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 |
|---|---|
| reverie | daydream |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |