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 |
|---|---|
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| theoretical | existing only in theory : hypothetical |
| resignation | an act or instance of resigning something : surrender |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |