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 |
|---|---|
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |