GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |