GRE Word List
OSTRACIZE
banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism
The meaning of the word ostracize is banish from a group; exclude from public favor; ban; Ex. His friends ostracized him. N. ostracism.
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high-flown | highly pretentious or inflated |
bifurcated | divided into two branches; forked |
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