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 |
|---|---|
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
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| enhance | heighten |
| ploy | escapade |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| replenish | to fill or build up again |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |