GRE Word List
DECIMATE
to select by lot and kill every tenth man of
The meaning of the word decimate is to select by lot and kill every tenth man of.
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| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
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