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 |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| hilarity | boisterous merriment or laughter |
| ensconce | shelter |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |