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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| mortician | undertaker |
| implement | a device used in the performance of a task : tool |
| conclusive | of, relating to, or being a conclusion |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |