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 |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| insipid | lacking in qualities that interest, stimulate, or challenge : dull |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
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