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 |
|---|---|
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |