GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |