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 |
|---|---|
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| lackluster | lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| die | to pass from physical life : expire |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |