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 |
|---|---|
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| retrench | cut down |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |