GRE Word List
SWIPE
a strong sweeping blow
The meaning of the word swipe is a strong sweeping blow.
Random words
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| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| headstrong | not easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |