GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
| indifferent | marked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| vintner | a wine merchant |