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 |
|---|---|
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |