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 |
|---|---|
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| portly | dignified |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |