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 |
|---|---|
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| pundit | pandit |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| acetic | vinegary |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |