GRE Word List
LIQUIDATE
to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
The meaning of the word liquidate is to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |