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 |
|---|---|
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |