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 |
|---|---|
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| pastiche | a literary, artistic, musical, or architectural work that imitates the style of previous work |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |