GRE Word List
OSTRACIZE
to exile by ostracism
The meaning of the word ostracize is to exile by ostracism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| prompt | to move to action : incite |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |