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 |
|---|---|
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
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