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 |
|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| enervate | lacking physical, mental, or moral vigor : enervated |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| retiring | reserved |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |