GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| depict | to represent by or as if by a picture |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |