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 |
|---|---|
| tardy | moving slowly : sluggish |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |