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.
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|---|---|
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| gradation | a series forming successive stages |
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| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |