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 |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| mischance | bad luck |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |