GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquy | conversation |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| precinct | a part of a territory with definite bounds or functions often established for administrative purposes : district |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |