GRE Word List
EXPUNGE
to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
The meaning of the word expunge is to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grotto | cave |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |