GRE Word List

SWIPE

a strong sweeping blow

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

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acrimoniousangry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner
hypercriticalmeticulously or excessively critical
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
mirewet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh)
sectarianof, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
blandishmentsomething that tends to coax or cajole : allurement
vintnera wine merchant