GRE Word List
OSTRACIZE
to exile by ostracism
The meaning of the word ostracize is to exile by ostracism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |