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 |
|---|---|
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| fundamental | serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic |