GRE Word List
SWERVE
to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate
The meaning of the word swerve is to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| invert | to reverse in position, order, or relationship |
| combustible | capable of combustion |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |