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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| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| mulct | fine |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
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