GRE Word List
EXTIRPATE
to destroy completely : wipe out
The meaning of the word extirpate is to destroy completely : wipe out.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |