GRE Word List
EXORCISE
to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
The meaning of the word exorcise is to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| dissension | disagreement |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |