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 |
|---|---|
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| feign | to give a false appearance of : induce as a false impression |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |