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 |
|---|---|
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
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| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| scintilla | spark |
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| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
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