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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| elixir | a substance held capable of changing base metals into gold |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| culmination | the action of culminating |