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 |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| depose | to remove from a throne or other high position |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |