GRE Word List
EXTIRPATE
to destroy completely : wipe out
The meaning of the word extirpate is to destroy completely : wipe out.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contrive | devise |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| bid | to offer (a price) whether for payment or acceptance |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| prone | having a tendency or inclination : being likely |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |