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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
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