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.

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abridgeto shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense
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alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
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archetypethe original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype
remitto lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly
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