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 |
|---|---|
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| boor | peasant |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |