GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| salacious | arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| kernel | the inner softer part of a seed, fruit stone, or nut |
| culmination | the action of culminating |