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 |
|---|---|
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| candor | unreserved, honest, or sincere expression : forthrightness |