GRE Word List

SWIPE

a strong sweeping blow

The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.

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bemoanto express deep grief or distress over
vaingloriousmarked by vainglory : boastful
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
inarticulateincapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
awean emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
temporizeto act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion
entrancepower or permission to enter : admission