GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| puerile | juvenile |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| sidereal | of, relating to, or expressed in relation to stars or constellations : astral |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |