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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| stupor | a condition of greatly dulled or completely suspended sense or sensibility |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| evenhanded | fair |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |