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 |
|---|---|
| lode | waterway |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| circlet | a little circle |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |