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 |
|---|---|
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |