GRE Word List
EXTRICATE
to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
The meaning of the word extricate is to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |