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 |
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unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
overweening | arrogant |
stench | stink |
vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |
practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
cartographer | one that makes maps |
debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |