GRE Word List

SWIPE

a strong sweeping blow

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

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WordMeaning
contendto strive or vie in contest or rivalry or against difficulties : struggle
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
egotismexcessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun
evasivetending or intended to evade : equivocal
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
fussyeasily upset : irritable
ancestryline of descent : lineage
dregssediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
gentlefree from harshness, sternness, or violence