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 |
|---|---|
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| rotunda | a round building |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| ostensible | intended for display : open to view |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |