GRE Word List
EXPURGATE
to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous
The meaning of the word expurgate is to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supple | compliant often to the point of obsequiousness |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |