GRE Word List
EXTIRPATE
to destroy completely : wipe out
The meaning of the word extirpate is to destroy completely : wipe out.
Random words
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|---|---|
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |