GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apolitical | having no interest or involvement in political affairs |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| nourish | nurture |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |