GRE Word List
EXPUNGE
to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion
The meaning of the word expunge is to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| chapel | a subordinate or private place of worship: such as |
| endearment | a word or an act (such as a caress) expressing affection |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |