GRE Word List
QUASH
to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely
The meaning of the word quash is to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
stench | stink |
gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |