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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|---|---|
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
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| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
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