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 |
|---|---|
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| antecede | precede |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| stink | to emit a strong offensive odor |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |