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 |
|---|---|
| prosperous | auspicious |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| conspire | plot |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| 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 |
| odyssey | a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune |