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 |
|---|---|
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| insolvent | unable to pay debts as they fall due in the usual course of business |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| environ | encircle |