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

WordMeaning
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable
nicetythe quality or state of being nice
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
relishcharacteristic flavor
orthographythe art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage
vegetateto lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
procurementthe act or process of procuring
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient