GRE Word List
PURGE
to clear of guilt
The meaning of the word purge is to clear of guilt.
Random words
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entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
sophist | philosopher |
botch | an inflammatory sore |
anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |