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 |
|---|---|
| privy | private |
| actuary | clerk |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |