GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| drab | slattern |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |