GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| rider | one that rides |
| mortician | undertaker |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |