GRE Word List

SWIPE

a strong sweeping blow

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

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concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
inanelacking significance, meaning, or point : silly
clangora resounding clang or medley of clangs
rabiesan acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
podiatristthe medical care and treatment of the human foot
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
slinkto go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput