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 |
|---|---|
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| interjection | an ejaculatory utterance usually lacking grammatical connection: such as |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |