GRE Word List
OSTRACIZE
to exile by ostracism
The meaning of the word ostracize is to exile by ostracism.
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chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |
august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
profligate | wildly extravagant |
sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |