GRE Word List
EXTIRPATE
root up; uproot; destroy completely
The meaning of the word extirpate is root up; uproot; destroy completely.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| laconic | brief and to the point; using few words; terse |
| historic | important in history; Ex. historic battle |
| bedizen | dress with vulgar finery |
| motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |
| urge | drive or force forward (by causing impulses); drive to take action; impel; entreat earnestly; Ex. urge horses; N: impulse that prompts action |
| affinity | feeling of kinship; similarity; Ex. strong affinity for her; Ex. many affinities between two languages |
| shunt | move (a railway train) from one track to another; turn aside; divert; sidetrack; Ex. shunt traffic around an accident; N. |
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| extant | (of something written or painted) still in existence |
| pedant | scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities |
