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 |
|---|---|
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |