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 |
|---|---|
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| spate | freshet |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |