GRE Word List
SWILL
wash
The meaning of the word swill is wash.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| maxim | a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct |
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |