GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| concede | to acknowledge grudgingly or hesitantly |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |