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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| palatial | of, relating to, or being a palace |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| sinister | singularly evil or productive of evil |