GRE Word List
SWELL
to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit
The meaning of the word swell is to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| anthropomorphic | described or thought of as having a human form or human attributes |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| bookish | of or relating to books |
| contend | to strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| latitude | angular distance from some specified circle or plane of reference: such as |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |