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 |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| phenomena | phenomenon |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| cue | the letter q |
| emancipate | to free from restraint, control, or the power of another |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |