GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| indite | make up |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| verdant | green in tint or color |