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 |
|---|---|
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| auroral | dawn |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| connubial | of or relating to the married state : conjugal |