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 |
|---|---|
| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| broach | brooch |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |