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 |
|---|---|
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| niggle | trifle |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| apprehend | arrest |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |