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 |
|---|---|
| predetermine | foreordain |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| unison | identity in musical pitch |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| sibling | sib |