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 |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| pundit | pandit |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |